# der Gau

der Gau is a German noun meaning “shire”. Forms: des Gaues, die Gaue.

## Forms

- Genitive: des Gaues
- Plural: die Gaue

## In other languages

- Русский: область, край, округ

## Noun

1. _in placenames_ shire; district
2. _historical_ an administrative unit of the Third Reich
3. _historical_ nome of ancient Egypt

## Noun

1. _colloquial_ an accident, a calamity
   - Roland Kopp-Wichmann, Depression ist für das Herz genauso schädlich wie Rauchen — (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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